Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-14

sition to bring the Manitoba and Illinois
Central. into town alongside the NIL
waukee and Northwestern traoks-
making one th%oroughfare for the fouE,
roads. There is also a belief that tbs
route out of town should be up the bluff
roDt.
Tas cofongr's inquest in The ceae ct
Gnisbeuer for killing KAISER is not yet
concluded, The jury met at the cout I
house this morning, examined more
witnesses and Adjourned to met at
O'Clock this Afternoon, when tbs iury re-
paired to the scene OF the killing to look
around. It is possible that . verdict will
be returned tomorrow.
Farmers mass in B, two pert songs,
from Ford and Pinsntti, and q piano
duet by Mrs.3G. FL. Bonn and DR.. Il. a,
Brecht, will be features of the Choral
Union concert, on Tuesday evening
next at the Congregational church.
Tickets can be procured from members
OF the society and also of w. y. Scougai
st Mckinney & Scongal's bank. Adj
mission % cents.
An attempt is oon to be made to or
ganize an oratorical association OF the
high schools of south Dakota. and q CON-
vention Of delegates, TO be held at sioux
Falls some time this month, has been
called. IT seems that the high schools
OF Dakota were deharred from participa-
tion in the organization OF the oratorieal
ASSOCIATION OF Dakota colleges at Brook
ings last month and the high schoolists
are intending to have one OF their Owl.
The boys OF the town were ont last
night-boys from seventeen to twenty
five, more or Lees, and they appeared to
be celebrating. Enauiry into the cause
of this excessive hilarity encountered the
information that it was in honor OF JUS.
tioe Psnnlngton's decision that the city
has no authority To punish prostitution.
Immediately to the fathers and mothers
of Yankton and respectable society feels
the shock. There are very few among
us who want the boys to go to the devil
over an affair OF this sort.
The death of ex-Secre.ary Hutchinson
calls to the minds Of ancient Yapkton
ians the tfoublous days of So, when the
Indians swQoped down upon Yankton
and every official He'd excepting Score
tary hutchinson. They were carpet
bagge.s, every mothers son of them, and
their grips were light. The governor
has not got back yet and the chief jug
iice was missing for many moons, Mr..
Hutchinson stayed and ss acting gov
ernor was commander in chief Of ell the
forces. He was much liked for his sand
and other good qualities.
The position Of City Justice Penning-
ton in the case against the women of the
levee was not fully stated yesterday. He
held that he had no Jurisdiction in these
cases because the ordinance under which
they were arraigned was void !.
In efsct and in words he
ruled the ordinance invalid. Ii was
drawn by s., Il. Splnk and has been in
operation O dozen years and many hun
dred dollars in fines have been collected
under it. Another writ of mandamns
was to-day issued from the district court
citing Justice Pennington TO show why
he should not issue warrants for the
arreRs of prostitutes,
a portion of the Yankton county dele
cation to the Aberdeen picnic has gone
to the scene of glory. Governor PEN
nington ;E. M. O'Brien, Dol. Hughes
East and Otto Peemiller are the repre-,
sentativss of the seventeen who assem-
biad in mass convention, They go with
the alleged intention Of securing iol
Governor Pennington the chairmanshir
OF the convention and if that fails il. nj
OfBrien is to be pushed tor the score
t~aryship. This is intended as timely
warning for the unsuspeeting delegates
from Fargo and central Dakata. AnG
now for . grand blow out, by the people
for the people and at the expense of th.
people of Aberdeen.
Sheriff Kincel, who returned las
~evening from Sioux Falls, is loud in hi
praises of the treatment he received from
che officials Of the territorial and United
States departments OF the penitentiary
Dan F. Gliddsn, warden of the .territori
al wing. the deputy, John Patten
and superintendent Mills gave a large
portion OF yesterday to the entertain.
ment OF Yankton connty's sheriff. show
ing him over the ~penItentissy from one
end to the other and e~ndeayoring Il
make his visit pleasant and profitable
} Maior Fullenwidsr and Joseph Moul
ton, who have charge. Of the govern
ment department, alao extended NJ,
. Kincel many courtesies and he feels q
! though he would like to GO to the peni
tentiary frequently.
Capt John Beik, OF Missouri rive
steamboat fame, is ;ust now sojournin
/ in Californian for q brief time, and b
has written q letter to q Yankton friend
!. which in tone seems to indicate thatth
: author would rather be IN Dakota. q
. speaks IN tliis epistle Of paying twenty
five cents for seven small apples an
. twenty Eve cents for three pounds {
f~grapes, and this in q frnit countr,
strikes him as strange. He is. howevs
: greatly impressed with the grandeur {
the scenery and the fact that he ean loo